Bay County vs Martin County

A side-by-side comparison of Bay County and Martin County: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay County and Martin County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bay County has the higher population (181,368 vs 160,464 in Martin County). Martin County has the higher median household income ($80,701 vs $70,188 in Bay County). Martin County has the higher median home value ($386,500 vs $276,900 in Bay County).

Population, income & housing

	Bay County	Martin County
Population	181,368	160,464
Median age	41.4 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,188	$80,701
Median home value	$276,900	$386,500
Median gross rent	$1,424	$1,499
Housing units	106,209	82,297
Homeownership rate	68.3%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay County	Martin County
Population	182,161 → 181,368 (-0.4%)	159,065 → 160,464 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$54,316 → $70,188 (+29.2%)	$61,133 → $80,701 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$178,400 → $276,900 (+55.2%)	$273,700 → $386,500 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,049 → $1,424 (+35.7%)	$1,111 → $1,499 (+34.9%)

Bay County

Population

182,161181,368

Median household income

$54,316$70,188

Median home value

$178,400$276,900

Median gross rent

$1,049$1,424

Martin County

Population

159,065160,464

Median household income

$61,133$80,701

Median home value

$273,700$386,500

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,499

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay County	Martin County
Under 5	5.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	15.8%
75 and over	7.1%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay County	Martin County
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	75.5%
Black or African American	9.8%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay County	Martin County
No high school diploma	9.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	27.9%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay County	Martin County
Drove alone	76.4%	73.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	8.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.8%	13.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay County	Martin County
1-unit, detached	50.8%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	14.6%
20 or more units	17.8%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Bay County	Martin County
Poverty rate	11.7%	11.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1992	1986